Safety and efficacy of ulimorelin administered postoperatively to accelerate recovery of gastrointestinal motility following partial bowel resection: Results of two randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trials

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 888-897

  Shaw, Monica ^a   Pediconi, Claudio ^a   McVey, Donna ^a   Mondou, Elsa ^b   Quinn, Joe ^b   Chamblin, Beth ^b   Rousseau, Franck ^b  

^a Keaton House   (United Kingdom)

^b Tranzyme Pharma   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal motility; Ghrelin receptor agonist; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ULIMORELIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879164825     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31829196d0     Document Type: Article

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